Buy this album for Hot Acid Rhythm 1! ... It Began In Afrika (Radio Edit) and It Began In Afrika are pretty repetetive but still good. But Buy It For Hot Acid Rhythm 1!

The day that It Began In Afrika was released was a time of chaos, destruction but still the Chemical Brothers were feeding out decent dance, even on the horrible date that everyone remembers...September the 11th 2001. This song shows a true fact(with incorrect spelling)about how it all began in afrika. I myself own this single and im going to give you a quick rundown of it:

Track 1: It Began In Afrika (Radio Edit) - 3:35: O.K this is alright for a true dance fan who dosen't like a song too repetitive, but otherwise the album version is way better.

Track 2: It Began In Afrika (Album Version) - 8:39: Here it is, the Chemical Brothers second best song on their new album 'Come With Us'(next to denmark)this song shows what you can really do if you mix several genres together to form not an album but a song!

Track 3: Hot Acid Rhythm 1 - 5:04: One of the few Chemical Brothers acid songs, Hot Acid Rhythm, like its cousin Base 6 (from the Star Guitar single) show the D.Jing duo totally pushing their talent to its limits as the beat pushes on throughout the whole 5 minutes of the song.

I recommend this for a Chemical Brothers fan or just a collector of their merchandise because this happens to also be limited, so you'd better grab your copy soon before this single is extinct.

Signing Off Now,
Brad Cummins

I feel very awkward considering that this is my first Chemical Brothers purchase. I don't normally get singles, but this one intrigued me. "It Began in Afrika" is one of the coolest, most mind-bending songs out there, second only to the Brothers' upcoming "Star Guitar" single. The neatest thing about this single, even though it's only 16 minutes in length, is that you hear something new every time you listen to it. The 3-minute Radio Edit is a nice thing to listen to if you're one of those people who don't like too much repetition, but I think that the 8-minute full version gives the Brothers more time to put together a song structure and not jump right into it. The b-side, "Hot Acid Rhythm 1" may even be better than the other two tracks. Another notable thing is their creative album art. I really like a music artist who puts effort into their album art and techno performers seem to do that a lot. I look toward their upcoming album, "Come With Us" with great interest.

the chemicals are probably my favorite group right now, and this single keeps them at that spot. on this disc, you get the radio edit version of "it began in afrika", the original mix of "it began in afrika", and another track called "hot acid rhythm 1". all total, it's about 15-20 minutes of music. the afrika tracks are hard driving, bass pumping tunes with a bit of african flair. wildcats growl, and drums abound. hot acid is a bit lighter, though not much. it has some interesting rhythm breaks and arrangement, and makes for some very good listening. this disc is easily worth 8 bucks, and it's supposed to be a limited release, so you better get on it. my fingers are crossed that this cd is an indication of the things to come from the chemicals.

Well... this is a chemical brothers single, so obviously it isn't terrible. That said, It Began in Afrika is definitely a disappointment. Gone is any trace of the sounds that originally defined their work. Their formerly dynamic breakbeats have been suplanted by rather boring house drums and the industrial crunch that gave their best work (DYOH and Loops of Fury) its edge is nowhere insight... And the vocal sample used over and over again seems unusually weak compared to previously stunning sampling cut and past jobs. So, I can't really get too excited.

Hot Acid Rhythm 1, the b-side is actually easily my favorite song on the single. With a tighter arrangement and some nice breakbeats, this hearkens back to much earlier chemical brothers work, and gives me a ray of hope for the upcoming album... Hopefully, they will manage to fuse their newer sounds with some of the older breakbeat work that originally gave them their soul.